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G-. A. Grierson — A specimen of PadumHwati. 
made He (for the Light.) the mighty mountain Kailasa . 1 He made the 
fire, the air, the water, and the dust. He made forms 2 3 of varied hue. 
He made the Earth, and Heaven, and Hell ; and he made incarnations in 
many persons . 8 He made the mundane egg* with its seven 6 regions. 
He made the universe with its fourteen 6 worlds. He made the sun for 
the day, and the moon for the night ; He made the asterisms and the 
systems of the stars. He made coolness, sunshine and shade ; He made 
the clouds and lightning (that abidetli) in them. 
All things are so made by Him, that naught is worthy to be com- 
pared with Him. First take I His name, and then in deep thought do I 
begin 7 my story. 
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1 By 4 * Light,’ the poet refers to Mahadeva, who dwells in Kailasa Indian 
Musalmans frequently consider Adam, the first man, as the same as Mahiideva. 
The fact that the poet expressly says that Kailasa was made ‘ for ’ the Light, shows 
that he cannot be referring to light, the first of created things. 
2 An Urdu gloss, translates urelia by design, stamp, drawing. I have 
noted it also in 48, 4; 506, 5 , asa murata Tee dal urehz , and in 510, 3, bhai ureha 
fpuliwpa saba nama. In the second the Urdu translation gives tsCr^ and in the 
latter, the whole lino is translated ( — Igj liyb 
The word is still used in Oudh and Bihar by women, in the sense of 
racand. It is derived from the Skr. ullehha. 
3 Apparently, incarnations in many castes. Alluding to the doctrine that incar- 
nations have occurred in all religions in many parts of the world. Or it may only 
refer to the various avatars of Visnu. 
4 I. e., the uuiverse, alluding to the well known tradition detailed in Manu. 
6 Jambu, Plaksa or Gomedaka, Qalmali, Ku 9 a, Kraunca, (Jiika, and Puskara. 
6 There are seven worlds (loka) above, viz., Bhur-loka, Bhuvar-1., Svar-1., 
Mahar-1., Janar-1., Tapar-1., and Satya-1. or Brahma-1., and seven below, viz., A-tala 
Vi-tala, Su-tala, Rasa-tala, Tala-tala, Maha-tala, and Patala. According to Musal- 
mans, there are seven regions ( (JjJs ) above (these are heavens), and seven below 
(earths). 
7 Two Urdu glosses translate augdhi by a meaning for which I can find 
no other authority. It moans litorally to plunge into water, hence to be immorsed 
in anything, to have tho mind fully occupied. 
